Final | time | 1. Debra Flintoff-King | AUS | 53.17s | 2. Tatiana Ledovskaia | URS | 53.18s | 3. Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 53.63s | 4. Sabine Busch | GDR | 53.69s | 5. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 54.03s | 6. Gudrun Abt | FRG | 54.04s | 7. Tatiana Kourotchkina | URS | 54.39s | 8. Latanya Sheffield | USA | 55.32s |
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| Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Seoul. Capp.: 69,950. | -- competitors from -- nations. |
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Semi 1 | time | 1. Debra Flintoff-King | AUS | 54.00s | 2. Tatiana Ledovskaia | URS | 54.01s | 3. Latanya Sheffield | USA | 54.36s | 4. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 54.48s | 5. Anita Protti | SUI | 54.56s | 6. Susanne Losch | GDR | 55.56s | 7. Genowefa Blaszak | POL | 56.76s | 8. Gretha Tromp | HOL | 57.57s |
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Semi 2 | time | 1. Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 54.28s | 2. Tatiana Kourotchkina | URS | 54.46s | 3. Gudrun Abt | FRG | 54.52s | 4. Sabine Busch | GDR | 54.71s | 5. Cristina Perez | ESP | 55.23s | 6. Elaine Mclaughlin | GBR | 55.91s | 7. Schowonda Williams | USA | 56.71s | 8. Chantal Beaugeant | FRA | 56.94s |
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Heat 1 | time | 1. Susanne Losch | GDR | 55.90s | 2. Tatiana Ledovskaia | URS | 55.91s | 3. Elaine Mclaughlin | GBR | 56.11s | 4. Rose Tata-Muya | KEN | 56.18s | 5. Marie Womplou | CIV | 57.35s | 6. Christine Wynn | CAN | 58.00s | 7. Usha Pilavulakandi | IND | 59.55s |
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Heat 2 | time | 1. Sabine Busch | GDR | 55.96s | 2. Gretha Tromp | HOL | 56.11s | 3. Genowefa Blaszak | POL | 56.18s | 4. Jennifer Laurendet | AUS | 56.44s | 5. Rosey Edeh | CAN | 56.59s | 6. Ruth Kyalisiima | UGA | 59.62s | 7. Nenita Adan | PHI | 1:01.92 |
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Heat 3 | time | 1. Ellen Fiedler | GDR | 54.58s | 2. Anita Protti | SUI | 54.81s | 3. Tatiana Kourotchkina | URS | 55.04s | 4. Latanya Sheffield | USA | 55.61s | 5. Maria Usifo | NGR | 55.99s | 6. Helga Halldorsdottir | ISL | 58.99s | 7. Soon-Ja Kim | KOR | 59.78s |
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Heat 4 | time | 1. Debra Flintoff-King | AUS | 54.99s | 2. Cristina Perez | ESP | 55.29s | 3. Sally Gunnell | GBR | 55.44s | 4. Irmgard Trojer | ITA | 55.74s | 5. Leslie Maxie | USA | 57.60s | 6. Barbara Johnson | IRL | 58.61s | 7. Fen-Hwa Chang | TPE | 1:00.16 |
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Heat 5 | time | 1. Gudrun Abt | FRG | 55.72s | 2. Schowonda Williams | USA | 55.98s | 3. Chantal Beaugeant | FRA | 56.03s | 4. Sally Hamilton-Fleming | AUS | 56.08s | 5. Liliana Chala | ECU | 57.15s | 6. Semra Aksu | TUR | 57.20s | 7. Simone Laidlow | GBR | 59.28s |
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